Posts Tagged ‘Canon5DMarkII’

Awesome Google Street View Stop Motion Animation Shot with Canon 5D Mark II

File this under Things That Make Me Smile. And while you’re at it, run a few copies and toss them in the files for Talented People of the Internet and Stop Motion Animation Done Extremely Well.

Address is Approximate” is a stop motion animation made by director Tom Jenkins of The Theory. The video was shot on a Canon 5D Mark II DSLR and tells the story of “a lonely desk toy [who] longs for escape from the dark confines of the office, so he takes a cross country road trip to the Pacific Coast in the only way he can—using a toy car and Google Maps Street View.” If that doesn’t make you click play below, then I don’t know what will. Behold, “Address is Approximate”:

 

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A Dizzying & Beautiful Photo Tour of Morocco & Spain

Morocco & Spain from Mike Matas on Vimeo.

This past September, photographer Mike Matas traveled across Morocco and Spain by train with his girlfriend, his Canon 5D Mark II, and seven lenses. He captured over 4,000 photos and has presented them in this time-lapse-esque two-minute video, which is sure to inspire both wanderlust and creative inspiration in all you photographers.

images © Mike Matas (via Mike Matas, via Hither and Tither)

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“House” Season Finale Shot Entirely on Canon 5D Mark II

Wow. Apparently Greg Yaitanes, director of the Fox series House, shot the show’s season finale exclusively with the Canon 5D MarkII D-SLR. Petapixel has republished some of the Q+A that Yaitanes had with followers on Twitter regarding the bold move. One person asked how the 5D Mark II compared to traditional cameras, to which the director replied, “i loved it and feel it’s the future.” [Gizmodo via Petapixel via PhilipBloom via Engadget]

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Tips from a Travel Photographer- from The New York Times

Q&A With the Travel Photographer Robert Caplin - Frugal Traveler Blog - NYTimes.com_1256590116978
photo © Robert Caplin, via The New York Times

The New York TimesMatt Gross recently featured a Q&A with travel photographer Robert Caplin in his “Frugal Traveler” column. Caplin’s images have been published in National Geographic, ESPN The Magazine and The New York Times, and in the discussion with The Frugal Traveler, he talks about shooting with a Canon 5D Mark II as well as an iPhone, and names the Canon G11 as his go-to point-and-shoot if he had to spend under $500 for a camera.

One of my favorite exchanges is below. Click here to read the full Frugal Traveler/Robert Caplin Q&A.

Q&A With the Travel Photographer Robert Caplin - Frugal Traveler Blog - NYTimes.com_1256589672400

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Photo Essay: The Station Fire from the Front Lines

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The Station Fire, shot at the top of Lake Avenue in Altadena, CA
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© Lynne Eodice

Stunning images of the Los Angeles area Station Fire have been circulating for weeks now online and  in newspapers, as area residents and professional photographers alike seek to capture the drama of the blaze that has devistated homes and even taken the lives of brave firefighters here in Southern California. Digital Photographer editor and professional photographer, Lynne Eodice, happens to live very close to the area where a majority of the fire was concentrated last week, and captured the following images with her Canon EOS 5D Mark II full-frame D-SLR using a Canon EF 100-300mm lens on August 29, 2009, just a couple miles from her home.  See more of Lynne’s photos of the fire after the jump…

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